terminal (adj.)

  1. of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; freight pickup is a terminal service; terminal charges'

  2. relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; terminal examinations; terminal payments'

  3. being or situated at an end; the endmost pillar; terminal buds on a branch; a terminal station; the terminal syllable'

    terminal (n.)

  1. station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods

    [ Syn: terminus , depot ]

  2. a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

    [ Syn: pole ]

  3. either extremity of something that has length; the end of the pier; she knotted the end of the thread; they rode to the end of the line; the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix

    [ Syn: end ]

  4. electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display

    terminal (adj.)

  1. occurring at or forming an end or termination; his concluding words came as a surprise; the final chapter; the last days of the dinosaurs; terminal leave

    [ Syn: concluding , final , last ]

  2. causing or ending in or approaching death; a terminal patient; terminal cancer'

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